Batteries Included: 0 Binding: Electronics Brand: Toshiba EAN: 0022265411889 Feature: Up-converting DVD recorder with integrated DVR and 250 GB hard drive Is Autographed: 0 Is Memorabilia: 0 Label: Toshiba Manufacturer: Toshiba Model: RD-XS54 Publisher: Toshiba Studio: Toshiba Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features
Up-converting DVD recorder with integrated DVR and 250 GB hard drive Holds 57 hours at best quality, 445 hours at lowest; TV Guide On Screen program guide Records to DVD-R/RW and DVD-RAM; plays CD-R/RW, VCD, SVCD, MP3, WMA Connections: Composite (3 in, 3 out), S-Video (3 in, 3 out), component (1 out), HDMI (1 out), Firewire (1 in), RF (1 in, 1 out), optical digital audio (1 out) Network NAVI system connects to your home network via Ethernet port
Reliability. Performance. Technology. Leadership. The Toshiba name means all this and more. Toshiba builds upon this heritage by delivering the industry's most innovative, high-quality solutions.PRODUCT FEATURES:High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) brings Home Theater to the next level by streaming multi-channel digital audio and digital video information together on one cable to digital televisions and monitors;Toshiba's Multi-Drive Recorders allows users to record and playback their favorite videos in stunning MPEG-2 digital video on DVD-RAM, DVD-R, or DVD-RW formatted discs;Video Up-conversion displays a pure digital signal at both 720p or 1080i, matching the resolution of the HDTV monitor and thus eliminates signal degrading A/D-D/A conversion;Preset bit rates and audio settings for 11 different recording options plus one user adjustable setting, including selections for LPCM audio recording;High-Speed Dubbing from HDD with DVD-RAM and DVD-R (16x Drive);Toshiba's Network NAVI system provides connection and control within a home network for: advanced editing, streaming content to a PC, e-mail timer and recordings and more;TV Guide On Screen IPG allows users to schedule programs to record using the easy to use TV Guide functionality;Time Slip Recording/Playback offers the user the ability to begin watching a recording that is already in progress, or 'pause' a live recording and then return to it later using DVD-RAM media or the Hard Disc Drive.
Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating: Summary: great DVR Comment: I bought this over a year ago and it has proved to be one of the best purchases ever. Customer Rating: Summary: There May be Better Comment: First - Toshiba has stopped making this model. Anything you buy now is left over stock.
I have had mine for a year. I like it but am not happy. I am connected
to Comcast cable. They do not pass the TV Guide data thru their digital
Motorola box. The TV guide on the Toshiba is usless to me because I
can't get the data from the digital box.
Once in a while it locks up. You have to unplug it and plug it back in to get it back to working again. As I understand you can call Toshiba and complain about the lockup and they will mail you disk with a firmware upgrade that MIGHT fix the problem. 1-800-319-6684 I called and got mine sent yesterday. If you go to the setup menu and select the last option on the top right of the menu (has an icon of keys) look down at the bottom of this list and there is a software revision number. If its 1100 or above the firmware upgrade is of no use to you.
Customer Rating: Summary: Sounds terrific, doesn't work that way. Comment: I hate this machine with a deep and abiding passion. Has been back and forth to the factory authorized service center three times now and still doesn't do what it's supposed to.
Being a bit of a techno-geek, I thought I could figure it out with no problem. Right!!!! Set everything up using the instructions and then turned it off and let it set for 24 Hours so the TV Guide system could program itself. 24 hours later, it had identified about 20 channels, most of which I do not get, missed three local channels and loaded about 4 hours worth of schedule. Tried again. Same result. Called Customer Service, who walked me through exactly what I had already done the previous two times. 24 hours later, same exact "setup" as before. More phone calls. Same results. Sent to service center. They couldn't find anything wrong with it and sent it back. And so forth and so on. The hard drive has "corrupted" itself on an almost weekly basis. I just moved it into a spare bedroom and hooked it up to a TV to function as a very, very, very expensive DVD player.
If the damn things weren't so expensive, I would start buying them and giving them as gifts to people I really, really don't like. Customer Rating: Summary: Ok... so you can hear the fan Comment: The fan is noticable, but the benefits of this machine far outway the slight noise you'll hear in the still quiet. 250 GB hard drive lets you record regularly on several programs and not have to worry about deleting right away. Free TV Guide downloaded within hours and I don't have to pay for TIVO monthly service. Plus... my girlfriend and I have countless hours of camcorder footage that we wanted to edit onto a DVD. The onscreen editing feature allows you to record the segments you want to the hard drive and then transfer easily to the DVD. It's everything I ever wanted in a DVR. I highly recommend it. Customer Rating: Summary: Good machine - most here dont understand DVRS Comment: I'll try to get as much in as short a space as possible"
(1) All these DVRs use the same Gemstar TV Guide On Screen (TVGOS) system. Selecting a program is easy but setting it up is a very poor process with no backup capability. SAME ON ALL DVRS.
(2) This is a very feature heavy machine. AWESOME for power users. Not for the beginners or those who only understand TIVO. Get a crappy Sony that does little except record with the same quality and functions like an old VCR.
(3) Unless you have an extremely quiet room, you'll never hear the fan when the TV is on or if there is even a small amount of background noise, where there usually is. Never put ANY DVR in your bedroom that uses the TVGOS or else you'll hear the hard drive spinning as it updates itself at night. I don't mind it or would get a case with glass doors.
(4) This is by far the most feature rich DVR to come out. It does a slew of incredible things. The manual is over 120 pages for good reason. It works and I've done a lot with mine. It's a geeks paradise.
(5) If you are buying a DVR, make sure you do the research. This one has the ability to watch a program and put cue markers in. The Pioneers currently do NOT, which is rather remarkable. The Pioneer editing is OK but finished product to present to friends is not impressive, even though they are good quality recording machines. They are a different DVR.
EDIT - FIVE STAR REVIEW
It has its quirks but now that hard disk DVD recorders are out of production, we can all cry about perfection. This unit is far and away the most versatile recorder of all. Dumping video, editing, burning, you name it. It's not the easiest one to use, for sure, but it's not that difficult with a little time investment. The power of this little unit is amazing - you can even broadcast your video to PCs around your home network. Want to watch while you work but on your monitor in another room - it does it! Record a show by sending an email? Does that too. Has more features to record regular TV shows than any other unit and also does a fantastic job with recording and burning 16x9 properly. It's one of a kind and you're lucky to find one if you can. Easily worth the original retail price and then some.
